Php Date() Problem [resolved] date() seems to loop same ninute.

[sonesay 7]

My setup is a macbook pro and I have apache+ mysql + php already included I think.

the php is version 4.4.4

I have been using the date() to store dates into my mysql tables in the past and it worked corectly. I dont know what could of happen but now the date() function is returning an incorrect time.

I made a test script test.php

<?php$date_time = date('y-m-d H:m:s');echo($date_time);?>

and loaded it up. My laptops system time would be 1.35.33 PM

and the date and time returned from php would be 07-06-28 13:06:56

I would hit refresh on the browser but it would still loop in that same minute
e.g.

07-06-28 13:06:5607-06-28 13:06:57
07-06-28 13:06:58
07-06-28 13:06:59
07-06-28 13:06:00
07-06-28 13:06:01

.........

Any ideas on how I could fix this problem? would I just be better too to upgrade to lastest version of php and hopefully it will not have that problem.

[BuffaloHelp 24]

It seems like your PHP.ini isn't set to the correct timezone? It's about 30 minutes off.

Open PHP.ini and search

[Date]

;Defines the default timezone used by the date functions[/br];date.timezone =

and set to the correct timezone. And see if it matches up. Don't forget to remove ";" to be active.

And just in case you were wondering, 13:00 is 1pm in military or 24 hour style. Just pick another time variable to show it as 1:00

[sonesay 7]

thanks for info on changing the time zones. there is the other problem with it was it keep repeating the same minute.

07-06-28 13:06:5607-06-28 13:06:57
07-06-28 13:06:58
07-06-28 13:06:59
07-06-28 13:06:00
07-06-28 13:06:01

I noticed that after an hour it would change to
07-06-28 14:06:01 so always stuck on that 6min into the hour. I went a head and tried to download and install php 5 but not very fimilar to mac os x so I googled and found this website. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ downloaded the file PHP 5.2.2 for Apache 1.3 and unzipped and ran it. the installation fails and now apache dont work :E. Right now im trying to get apache back to work so if any mac users fimilar with this problem please help.

[jlhaslip 4]

I think XAMPP is available as a one-click installer for Apache, Mysql and php for OSX. search:XAMPP for the download page and to check whether it will run on your machine.

[sonesay 7]

Thanks XAMMP is very easy to install, now I can get back to building my site ^^